Which could be the first step in simplifying this expression? Check all that apply. (x²x62
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(x-32
(x-2)2
xx-12
5x

Michelle and julie work at a catering company. they need to bake 264 cookies for a birthday party that starts in a little over an hour and a half. each tube of cookie dough claims to make 36 cookies, but michelle eats about 1/5 of every tube and julie makes cookies that are 1.5 times as large as the recommended cookie size.it takes about 8 minutes to bake a container of cookies, but since julie's cookies are larger, they take 12 minutes to bake. a. how many tubes should each girl plan to bake? how long does each girl use the oven? b. explain your solution process what did you make? c. what assumptions did you make?

Adecorative window is made up of a rectangle with semicircles at either end. the ratio of ad to ab is 3: 2 and ab is 30 inches. what is the ratio of the area of the rectangle to the combined area of the semicircles? possible answers: a. 2: 3 b. 3: 2 c. 6: π d. 9: π e. 30: π

The sum of these consecutive integers is equal to 9 less than 4 times the least of the integer. find the three integers